{"id":7680,"date":"2021-01-21T11:47:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T09:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/nissan-site\/sa-a-pivotal-market-ahead-of-new-navara-production\/"},"modified":"2021-01-21T11:47:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T09:47:16","slug":"sa-a-pivotal-market-ahead-of-new-navara-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/nissan-site\/sa-a-pivotal-market-ahead-of-new-navara-production\/","title":{"rendered":"SA a pivotal market ahead of new Navara production"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Nissan has described South Africa as a \u201cpivotal market\u201d ahead of the start of local production of Nissan has described South Africa as a \u201cpivotal market\u201d ahead of the start of local production of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmag.co.za\/news\/new-models\/refreshed-nissan-navara-bakkie-revealed-in-pro-4x-flagship-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refreshed Navara<\/a>. The Japanese firm&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmag.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/its-official-nissan-to-build-the-navara-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plans<\/a>&nbsp;to start building the updated bakkie for local and export markets at its Rosslyn plant in Pretoria later in 2021. The R3-billion investment will see the Navara added to the production line alongside the NP300 Hardbody and half-tonne NP200. The local&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmag.co.za\/news\/sa-built-navara-will-be-perfectly-suited-to-africa-promises-nissan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Navara range<\/a>&nbsp;is expected to grow from the current double-cab-only line-up to one that includes a broader range of body styles. Mike Whitfield, managing director of Nissan\u2019s Africa regional business unit, said South Africa had a key role to play in the company&#8217;s broader plans for the continent. \u201cSouth Africa remains a pivotal market, first for the access that it grants Nissan to the continent and secondly as a light commercial vehicle hub for the Nissan group. Whitfield furthermore confirmed the automaker was looking at opportunities in other African countries after entering automotive policy discussions with the Kenyan government and taking investment action \u201ca step further\u201d in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmag.co.za\/news\/nissan-announces-plan-build-assembly-plant-ghana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ghana<\/a>. \u201cWe have a specific team working on potential opportunities in East, West, and Central Africa. This includes investigating options for local assembly, consolidating and strengthening our national sales companies in Sub-Sahara, and working with local governments to develop their industrial policies.\u201d Back in South Africa, Nissan says the latest investment has resulted in a \u201cmodernised\u201d Rosslyn plant that now features a \u201cnew, flexible production line and additional facilities\u201d. Nissan SA says it has also \u201cincubated\u201d eight new component manufacturers and related companies as well as identified a further 15 that can assist with components for the facelifted Navara.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmag.co.za\/\">https:\/\/www.carmag.co.za\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nissan has described South Africa as a \u201cpivotal market\u201d ahead of the start of local production of Nissan has described South Africa as a \u201cpivotal market\u201d ahead of the start of local production of the&nbsp;refreshed Navara. The Japanese firm&nbsp;plans&nbsp;to start building the updated bakkie for local and export markets at its Rosslyn plant in Pretoria &#8230; <a title=\"SA a pivotal market ahead of new Navara production\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/nissan-site\/sa-a-pivotal-market-ahead-of-new-navara-production\/\" aria-label=\"More on SA a pivotal market ahead of new Navara production\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/nissan-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7680"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/nissan-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/nissan-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/nissan-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/nissan-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/nissan-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/nissan-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/nissan-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/nissan-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/nissan-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}